Image: White's Seahorse courtship and mating - 12:22 pm
A pair of White's Seahorse at a depth of 8 m, 'The Pipeline', Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales. At 12:22 pm the two fish returned to the bottom. The male’s pouch closed and the male and female continued their ‘waving dance’.
- Photographer:
- David and Leanne Atkinson
- Rights:
- © David and Leanne Atkinson
- Common name:
- White's Seahorse
- Scientific name:
- Hippocampus whitei
- Family:
- Syngnathidae
- Order:
- Gasterosteiformes
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, White's Seahorse, Hippocampus whitei,